THAKARA (1980)

DIRECTED BY: BHARATHAN
WRITTEN BY:PADMARAJAN
CINEMATOGRAPHY :ASHOK KUMAR

A Brilliant movie born out of the Bharathan-Padmarajan partnership.
THAKARA tells us the story of a mentally immatured guy (brilliantly acted by Prathap K Pothan) and his tragic romantic affairs with Subhashini , the dream girl ( acted by new comer Surekha). the character of "Chellapanaashari , played by Nedumudi Venu is also one of the most 'original' characters in the Malayalam movie.
"Thakara" is an orphan. He is energetic , happy and clean hearted. And everyone in the village exploits him in some ways , even the Subhashini exploited him in the name of love.Thakara was betrayed by the words of chellapanassary and indulges in romance with the heroine.Her father a heartless fellow (played by K.G.Menon) finds out their relation and beats him unconscious.Later his friends , aashaari and young guy finds thakaara across the shore , who is now fully filled with revenge on mathu mooppan (subhashinis fr.). Last he comes with a knife , bought with his earnings and kills mooppan . Subhashini refuses to go with Thakara , who proposes her after killing her dad. In no way to escape , Thakara finds his end infront of a running train. There are some scenes where we feel a lot of sympathy to the character of Thakara.

The scene where Thakara discovers sea ,is so touching. The romance between Thakara & Subhashini was so realistically taken by the director . Its sexy but not degrading.

a MUST WATCH movie for all who loves Malayalam Classics.

PIRAVI (1988)

Directed by SHAJI N KARUN
Cinematography : SUNNY JOSEPH
Music : G.Aravindan

The movie is inspired by the 'Rajan Case' that occurred in Kerala during the time of the emergency in 1978. Professor Eachara Warrier's story was the basis of this SHATTERINGLY powerful and TOTALLY TOUCHING Malayalam film Piravi(The Birth), the extraordinary directorial debut of Shaji Karun. Professor Warrier went through the greatest agony a parent can conceive of -- the loss of a child, and that too, not even being able to see his son's body one last time.
In the film , the rain is like the tears of the father.
The relation between brother and sister is also touching (even though the older Raghu,the missing son ,is never shown in the film ). The role of old father done by the actor "PREMJI" ( a very memorable & touching performance ) won him the Best Actor National award. Also this movie won Best Film & Best Director award in the 1989 National Film awards (Golden Lotus) .And MOST IMPORTANTLY this won the prestigious Golden Camera - Special Mention (Shaji N. Karun)at Cannes in 1989. Another major aspect of this movie is the excellent use of silence. The filmmakers used sound & music only where they are needed. The film is produced by the funding of NFDC , and is done with a small budget . This is one example where Budget is not important for making a good movie .

SARVAM (Tamil)

Directed by : Vishnu Vardhan
Cinematographed by : Neerav Shah

The Romantic scenes of this film , between Thrisha and Arya are so refreshing and has a FRESH NEW APPROACH.Congrats to the director's style here. The ART direction was also excellent .There is a lag towards the climax.

2 HariharNagar

Directed by LAL



The RETURNING of MLAYALAM COMEDY .
The film is an Entertainer for the whole family.
It has got relieving comedy and some thrilling story line

Sagar Aliyas Jackie

Directed & Cinematographed by :Amal Neerad

The movie has STYLE , but no punch.
The RR is great , the visuals are astonishing , the performances are well, BUT LACKS IN CONTENT.

The Team forget that apart from al these Stylising elements , CONTENT is the King.
In short SAJ is a palace without KING .

13 B

Directed by Vikram K. Kumar


Cinematographed by : P.C.Sreeram

Editor : Sreekar Prasad

Art : Chethan (Asst of Samir Chanda )


A beautifully Scripted movie , well photographed and fantastically directed .
The movie is perhaps the BEST THRILLER movie made in recent times. Special congrats to the Diretor and crew for giving us this movie which is worth watching ...
The work of P.C.Sreeram is fantastic.The ART also needs special mention . I loved the way the directed treated this horror subject , without any ghost images or CG works. Great work by a great crew .
Great news is that this movie rights are brought by a HOLLYWOOD COMPANY for remake in English .A whoping sum of 7 crores is paid for English rights alone.
Nearly 487 prints of this movie has been released .

I give 8.5/10 for this movie

RED CHILLIES

Directed by Shaji Kaillas


Cinematographed by : Shaji


Written by A.K.Sajan

The Film is technically good. The cinematography is nice. But Script wise the ressemblance to "Chinthamani Kola Case " makes it a lil cliche. Also the story is not well conveyed . The noticeable improvement in the work of cinematographer Shaji is appreciated . Also the Directorial touch of Mr. Shaji Kailas is well established. The Mannerisms of Mohanlal is also liked by his fans. But flows and repetition of story thread made this movie a lil dull. The ART is also good in this movie , especially in the first song...
I give 6.0/10 marks for this movie.
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